Post * 5YdbP — Curious Curator

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TIL Volkswagen sells more sausages than cars, sold under the "Volkswagen original parts" number 199398500a, the currywusrt has been available for 45 years now

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9YlNr TIL Hermit crabs need to find new shells to move into as they grow. If one finds a shell that is too big it'll wait for a larger crab to come along so it can take their old shell. Other crabs congregate waiting for available shells and form a line from largest to smallest so they can all swap shells

d8a8B TIL As far back as 20,000 BCE, 8,000 years before the Clovis culture migrated south into North America, there was an already established civilization in Chile at Monte Verde.

OkB1 TIL a monkey’s fist knot is used as the weight in heaving a line between ship and dock. Recognizing their potential, drunken sailors began using them as melee weapons in street and bar fights with the knot eventually being adopted by street gangs of the 19th century.

N7vYN TIL that deer antlers are literally weaponized cancerous growths

b9Jnj TIL The ancient Persians tended to deliberate on important matters while they were drunk. They then reconsidered their decisions the following day when they were sober. If a decision was approved both drunk and sober, the decision held; if not, the Persians set it aside.